Sunday, July 01, 2007

Prince is a starter and 3 other Brewers make the All-Star Team

Prince Fielder was named the starting 1st baseman for the NL All-Star team.

From jsonline.com:
Beyond his league-leading home run total, Fielder is tops with a .614 slugging percentage and second with 66 runs batted in, 186 total bases and 47 extra-base hits. At a position manned by the likes of Pujols, Ryan Howard and Derrek Lee, the 23-year-old Fielder had the right to be proud of being elected in his second year in the majors.

"It's an honor," Fielder said. "You've got the reigning MVP (Howard) and Albert is one of the best in the game. Hopefully, we'll all have fun and represent our team well."


Francisco Cordero and Ben Sheets were named pitchers for the NL and J.J. Hardy was named to the reserve roster.

Sheets recorded his 10th win on Saturday, tying for the most wins by a pitcher in the NL

With four representatives, the Brewers tied the New York Mets for most on the NL team.

from jsonline.com:
Cordero, who leads the league with 27 saves, received the most votes of any NL reliever in player balloting. Recalling how he was removed from the closer's role in Texas last season before being traded to the Brewers, the big right-hander was emotional after getting the news.


Sheets was one of five starting pitchers elected in the player vote, joining Philadelphia's Cole Hamels, Los Angeles' Brad Penny, San Diego's Jake Peavy and Atlanta's John Smoltz. He was the fifth-leading vote-getter of that group.

Hardy claimed his spot on the NL roster by getting the second-most votes in player balloting to New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes. Reyes also won the fan balloting, and when the players overlap in the voting, their second choice goes.

"Coming into the season, I had no expectations other than staying healthy," said Hardy, who leads all NL shortstops with 18 home runs to go with a .284 batting average and 51 RBI. "To be voted in by the players is awesome.

"We're starting to get recognized nationally, and I think we should be. We've got a really good team."

The last time the Brewers had a started elected was Jeromy Burnitz in 1992. And he only made it due to an injury to someone else. The last time we had a guy make it on by balloting is Paul Molitor in 1988. And the last time we had four guys on the team was 1983, the year after we made the World Series.

Also, we tied the Mets for the most players on the team (for the N.L. anyway)

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